Boys Volleyball:
Wow!
What a way to end the 2022 season.
Monrovia, in just their fourth year as a program, clinched CIF-SS Division 6 & CIF State Division 4 championships in 2022.
And consider this…the Wildcats finished 5-5 in Rio Hondo League matches, which was good for third place.
After state playoff sweeps over Los Angeles and Saddleback, the Wildcats took on Mar Vista.
The Mariners (30-8) had just swept top-ranked Grossmont two nights before making the 141-mile drive from Imperial Beach to the SGV.
After winning game one, Mar Vista rallied back to take a 2-1 advantage.
But the boys in green rebounded to win a CIF State Division 6 championship by scores of 25-21, 27-29, 18-25, 26-24 and 15-5.
Sonny Sluiter set a new school record with 24 kills for the match.
Cody Wu had 19 kills.
Gunnar Keeling had seven blocks and Dylen Hert served 10 straight times to seal the fifth set 15-5.
Under the leadership of Coach Marvin Fong, Monrovia went from 3-17 in 2021 to 29-6 in 2022.
CIF State Division 4 Scores:
5/17: Monrovia def. Los Angeles, 3-0
5/19: Monrovia def. Saddleback, 3-0
5/21: Monrovia def. Mar Vista, 3-2
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